Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines
Assessing the sensitivity or tolerance of plants to air pollution is a valuable method to address the issue of air pollution in a locality. The aim of this study was to examine the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) of selected tree species in significant locations in Butuan City. This study purpo...
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| description | Assessing the sensitivity or tolerance of plants to air pollution is a valuable method to address the issue of air pollution in a locality. The aim of this study was to examine the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) of selected tree species in significant locations in Butuan City. This study purposively sampled 19 tree species collected from three areas in Butuan City. The trees were evaluated using APTI which consists of four parameters: leaf-extract pH, relative water content, total chlorophyll content, and ascorbic acid content. The selected tree species were categorized as tolerant, intermediately tolerant, and sensitive based on the calculated APTI. The APTI results revealed that only three species namely Ficus elastica, Premna odorata, and Mangifera altissima were identified to be tolerant species and could be suitable to act as sinks of air pollutants. Sensitive species were Inocarpus fagifer and Terminalia catappa. APTI can be a useful tool that can help plan and decided which tree species to plant in greenbelt areas in the city to remediate air pollutants. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-16bbd6e5deef4e6880fd7a0f281730aa2025-01-10T02:24:43ZengVisayas State UniversityAnnals of Tropical Research0116-07102704-35412024-06-014616276https://doi.org/10.32945/atr4616.2024Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, PhilippinesAmor M. Natividad0Reymond C. Sandueta1Chime Mora-Garcia2https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5775-7598Environmental Science Division, Department of Environmental Science, College of Forestry and Environmental Science, Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City, PhilippinesEnvironmental Science Division, Department of Environmental Science, College of Forestry and Environmental Science, Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City, PhilippinesEnvironmental Science Division, Department of Environmental Science, College of Forestry and Environmental Science, Caraga State University, Ampayon, Butuan City, PhilippinesAssessing the sensitivity or tolerance of plants to air pollution is a valuable method to address the issue of air pollution in a locality. The aim of this study was to examine the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) of selected tree species in significant locations in Butuan City. This study purposively sampled 19 tree species collected from three areas in Butuan City. The trees were evaluated using APTI which consists of four parameters: leaf-extract pH, relative water content, total chlorophyll content, and ascorbic acid content. The selected tree species were categorized as tolerant, intermediately tolerant, and sensitive based on the calculated APTI. The APTI results revealed that only three species namely Ficus elastica, Premna odorata, and Mangifera altissima were identified to be tolerant species and could be suitable to act as sinks of air pollutants. Sensitive species were Inocarpus fagifer and Terminalia catappa. APTI can be a useful tool that can help plan and decided which tree species to plant in greenbelt areas in the city to remediate air pollutants.https://atr.vsu.edu.ph/article/view/19air pollutionbiochemical parametersbio-indicatorsensitive plantstolerant plants |
| spellingShingle | Amor M. Natividad Reymond C. Sandueta Chime Mora-Garcia Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines Annals of Tropical Research air pollution biochemical parameters bio-indicator sensitive plants tolerant plants |
| title | Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines |
| title_full | Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines |
| title_fullStr | Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines |
| title_short | Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines |
| title_sort | air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of butuan city philippines |
| topic | air pollution biochemical parameters bio-indicator sensitive plants tolerant plants |
| url | https://atr.vsu.edu.ph/article/view/19 |
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